From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40yj1Q2P9SzF19d for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2018 23:37:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from ozlabs.org (bilbo.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.1]) by bilbo.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40yj1P6xk7z8tGk for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2018 23:37:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40yj1P2BN8z9s08 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2018 23:37:29 +1000 (AEST) Subject: Patch "powerpc/rfi-flush: Always enable fallback flush on pseries" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, mauricfo@linux.vnet.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au Cc: From: Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2018 15:35:42 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20180602110908.29773-7-mpe@ellerman.id.au> Message-ID: <1527946542204192@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled powerpc/rfi-flush: Always enable fallback flush on pseries to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: powerpc-rfi-flush-always-enable-fallback-flush-on-pseries.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From foo@baz Sat Jun 2 15:29:05 CEST 2018 From: Michael Ellerman Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 21:08:51 +1000 Subject: powerpc/rfi-flush: Always enable fallback flush on pseries To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Message-ID: <20180602110908.29773-7-mpe@ellerman.id.au> From: Michael Ellerman commit 84749a58b6e382f109abf1e734bc4dd43c2c25bb upstream. This ensures the fallback flush area is always allocated on pseries, so in case a LPAR is migrated from a patched to an unpatched system, it is possible to enable the fallback flush in the target system. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c | 10 +--------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c @@ -459,26 +459,18 @@ static void pseries_setup_rfi_flush(void /* Enable by default */ enable = true; + types = L1D_FLUSH_FALLBACK; rc = plpar_get_cpu_characteristics(&result); if (rc == H_SUCCESS) { - types = L1D_FLUSH_NONE; - if (result.character & H_CPU_CHAR_L1D_FLUSH_TRIG2) types |= L1D_FLUSH_MTTRIG; if (result.character & H_CPU_CHAR_L1D_FLUSH_ORI30) types |= L1D_FLUSH_ORI; - /* Use fallback if nothing set in hcall */ - if (types == L1D_FLUSH_NONE) - types = L1D_FLUSH_FALLBACK; - if ((!(result.behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR)) || (!(result.behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_FAVOUR_SECURITY))) enable = false; - } else { - /* Default to fallback if case hcall is not available */ - types = L1D_FLUSH_FALLBACK; } setup_rfi_flush(types, enable); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mpe@ellerman.id.au are queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-clear-pcr-on-boot.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-differentiate-enabled-and-patched-flush-types.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-fix-section-mismatch-warnings-from-setup_rfi_flush.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-fix-clearing-of-security-feature-flags.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-powernv-set-or-clear-security-feature-flags.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-move-cpu_show_meltdown.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-call-setup_rfi_flush-after-lpm-migration.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-set-or-clear-security-feature-flags.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-make-it-possible-to-call-setup_rfi_flush-again.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-move-default-security-feature-flags.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-powernv-use-the-security-flags-in-pnv_setup_rfi_flush.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-add-security-feature-flags-for-spectre-meltdown.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-use-the-security-flags-in-pseries_setup_rfi_flush.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-enhance-the-information-in-cpu_show_meltdown.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-move-out-of-hardlockup_detector-ifdef.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-always-enable-fallback-flush-on-pseries.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-move-the-logic-to-avoid-a-redo-into-the-debugfs-code.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-restore-default-security-feature-flags-on-setup.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-add-new-h_get_cpu_characteristics-flags.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-add-support-for-a-store-forwarding-barrier-at-kernel-entry-exit.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-wire-up-cpu_show_spectre_v1.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-powernv-support-firmware-disable-of-rfi-flush.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-support-firmware-disable-of-rfi-flush.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-wire-up-cpu_show_spectre_v2.patch